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How Speaker Nancy Pelosi Could Exclude the Seditious 126
A step-by-step guide to traitor-removal political surgery.
After his historic, second-in-a-row popular-vote loss in the 2020 Election, Trump launched a series of lawsuits to overthrow the popular will in a last-ditch effort to cling to the presidency. His promise to “release the Kraken” was never fulfilled, but not for lack of trying.
The worst of all these lawsuits was the one brought forward by Texas AG Ken Paxton who sought to disenfranchise millions of voters across Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
This was, according to Trumpists, “the one lawsuit to rule them all.”
The highest court in the land dismissed it summarily.
The suit was supported by two amicus briefs signed, one by 17 state AGs, the other by 126 Representatives. These #Seditious126 have penned their name on their own Ordinance of Secession, thereby signing their own bill of attainder.
Updated on January 7, 2021 — Many in the comments and online have argued against my article, stating that to claim sedition, acts of violence were needed. Filing a brief did not qualify on its own. Well, as you’re all aware, the Capitol was stormed by a mob of white nationalist terrorist yesterday. A mob that had been excited and brought into a fury by “president” trump, his son, and his congressional sycophants. 5 people have died.
Now more than ever, Congress needs to expel these seditious traitors. They are a danger to democracy, to the country, and to its people.
Speaker Pelosi could, and should, decide to move for their exclusion under the 14th Amendment. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to achieve this.
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. It addressed the crucial question of citizenship, but also the duties of elected representatives.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice…
